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Re: Adding alt tags to photos

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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Nov 20, 2009 1:30PM

I will have to amend my last message regarding Blogger.

If you are using the "new" text editor, Blogger has removed the NULL Alt
information from your posts. So users will need more knowledge about HTML to
post images correctly. In other words, Blogger has become LESS accessible in
the new design.

I suggest encouraging people to use the "old" text editor which still adds
the NULL to all image inserts making it easier for those to want to add
appropriate ALT text. In the default mode, the image will be ignored by the
screen reader.

~j

John E. Brandt
jebswebs.com
Augusta, ME USA
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